SEATTLE — Two people were injured in a drive-by shooting near Alki Beach in West Seattle Monday night, according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
Seattle police said officers responded to reports of a shooting near Alki Avenue Southwest and 62nd Avenue Southwest around 10:10 p.m. Monday.
When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman who had been shot. The SPD said both victims were 37 years old.
Seattle Fire Department medics responded to the scene and took both shooting victims to Harborview Medical Center. Seattle police said the man was in stable condition when he was taken to Harborview, and the woman was in serious condition.
The SPD said responding officers interviewed witnesses and collected more than two dozen shell casings from the scene. The suspects in the drive-by shooting reportedly fled the scene in a light-colored SUV, according to a SPD Blotter post.
SPD Public Information Officer Valerie Carson said Monday night it appeared the suspects and the victims do not know each other.
Officers searched the area Monday night but were unable to find the suspects or vehicle believed to be involved in the shooting. No other suspect information has been released at this time.
Outer Space Seattle is known as a space for fun, but it and other businesses along Alki were impacted by the Halloween night shooting.
“We’re in fall now, this was on Halloween, this was a Monday night, when are we allowed to go with our families, it’s already risky for us to be at the beach sometimes now, so now I’m just, I don’t know, I’m worried for Seattle,” said Caitlin Huertas, who owns Outer Space Seattle.
The indoor playground is located just a block away from where the shooting happened.
“They’re in danger just coming in and out of their job and that’s not okay, let alone the children that are entering to play,” Huertas said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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